Velar nasal Occlusive consonant voiced

The velar nasal occlusive consonant voiced is a frequent consonant sound in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is.

There exist several varieties of this consonant, in addition to the full one, there exists the deaf person, the syllabic one, murmured, cracked, etc

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the velar nasal occlusive consonant voiced:

Its mode of articulation is occlusive, which means that it is produced by blocking the air of the vocal channel.
Its joint is velar, which means that it is articulated the former part of the language (the dorsum) against the soft palate (or velum).
Its phonation is voiced, which means that the vocal cords vibrate at the time of the articulation.
It is a nasal Consonne, which means that the air can escape by the nose.
It is a central Consonne, which means that it is produced by letting the air pass above the medium of the language, rather than by the sides.
Its mechanism of draft is égressif pulmonary, which means that it is articulated by pushing the air by the lungs and through the channel vocatoire, rather than by the glottis or the mouth.

In French

The French does not have the sound, except in certain words of foreign origin like carpark , where he is written ng . The French-speaking people tend to pronounce it.

In the other languages

The consonant is very current in many languages very different. In Southeast Asia, as in Cantonese, it can be with him only a proper name ( Ng ).

In Greek old, it was undoubtedly a Allophone of /n/. The digraph with two gamma (γγ), decided. The Latin pronounced it when N was in front of the C and the G , or after the G ( agnus decided).

In Same of North, ŋ is written.

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